Gloucestershire Live’s latest project shines a light on inspirational local figures who don’t get the recognition they deserve.

As part of our Hidden Heroes series, reporter Conor Gogarty met Victoria Connor from Cheltenham, a single mum-of-three with three jobs.

If painted pebbles have been left on your doorstep recently and you’re wondering why, Victoria Connor might well be responsible.

One of the countless good deeds the Cheltenham mum does is placing pebbles with ladybird and rainbow decorations at the doors of strangers, while she's on the school run.

Victoria, 40, of Turkdean Road, works three jobs while raising her three children – and tortoise Hetty – alone, but her friends say she still finds time to do more for others than anyone else they know.

Victoria Connor with sons Freddie, left, and George

Kate Donovan-Smith, 38, said: “She is someone who would give her last fiver to somebody else.”